Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

by Victor Ross
In 1943 'Victor Ross was serving in one of the alien companies of the Pioneer Corps. Before going overseas he and his comrades were advised by the authorities to change their names in order to avoid any reprisals in case they fell into enemy hands. In characteristic light-hearted vein the speaker describes how he came to select the name of Ross.

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Ross

by Frank Fraser Darling D.s c Ph.D.
'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and. six, result misery,' said Mr. Micawber. Dr. Fraser Darling believes that we are squandering our natural resources in this way. Intense cultivation of the land and the disappearance of wild life and uncultivated scrub are, in his opinion, not only regrettable from the point of view of the nature lover but will be disastrous for future generations.

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Fraser Darling D.S C Ph.D.

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More